Marian Kramer

Overview

Marian Kramer born Baton Rouge, LA June 16, 1944. Civil rights leader; co-chair National Welfare Rights Union; CORE staff in 1960s; arrested for NOW civil rights protests; Black women delegate to Beijing conference; delegate Seventh Pan African Congress Uganda 1994; arrest for Detroit water as human right protest 2014.

Quotations

The true crime is that thousands of people who are struggling to pay their bills are being deprived of a necessity of life.” (Grand Rapids Legal News, Nov. 20, 2015; photo speakersfor anewamerica.com)